A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.
Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if there wasn't anything but contentment in his world, man wouldn't be any more of a success than an angleworm is
Despatch is taking time by the ears; hurry is taking it by the end of the tail.
Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
People travel to learn; most of them before they start should learn to travel.
There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.